Sending Command to cmd.exe

[atzoref]

Hi,

How can I change directory path in cmd.exe and also send from this specific directory a command?

Thanks.

[water]

Use function Run and set parameter "workingdirectory" to the specific directory.

[JoHanatCent]

Try

#RequireAdmin
RunWait( @COMSPEC & " /c Echo On&&C:&&cd Windows&&dir>multi.txt&&start multi.txt", "", @SW_HIDE )

[atzoref]

How can I make the "cmd.exe" to run with the option "Run As Administrator" from AutoIt script?

[BrewManNH]

RunAs or RunAsWait depending on how you want to execute it.

[atzoref]

But the problem here is with WIN7

even if I am an administrator user, it still required from me to do "Right Click" and then chose "Run As Administrator"

to run the application with admin mode.

How can I do that?

[Juvigy]

Check #RequireAdmin in the help file.

[atzoref]

When I add this command to the script

#RequireAdmin

The GUI not open (Although I have 0 errors)

And to be clear: I don't want the script to run as administrator, but I do want to open "cmd.exe" as administrator.

Edited February 21, 2012 by atzoref

[atzoref]

I make a trick

;Run cmd.exe As administrator
Send("{LWIN down}{LWIN up}")
WinWaitActive("Start menu","")
Send("cmd")

Send("{LCTRL down}") ;Holds the A key down
Send("{LSHIFT down}") ;Holds the A key down
Send("{ENTER down}") ;Holds the A key down

Send("{LCTRL up}") ;Holds the A key down
Send("{LSHIFT up}") ;Holds the A key down
Send("{ENTER up}") ;Holds the A key down

Edited February 21, 2012 by atzoref

[BrewManNH]

But the problem here is with WIN7

even if I am an administrator user, it still required from me to do "Right Click" and then chose "Run As Administrator"

to run the application with admin mode.

How can I do that?

If you are trying to run another program from your script (@Comspec or "cmd" which is the same thing) as an administrator use RunAs or RunAsWait like I said above, this will run the external program using whatever credentials you put into the function without requiring your whole script to be run under an administrators credentials. Read the help file for these functions as to how to use them and how they work. Works under Win7.

[atzoref]

OK, but the problem here is that it requires me to write a specific user with its password.

But I want it would be general from every user which has the Administrator permissions

[KaFu]

Try to wrap your command into a ShellExecute() call with the verb "runas".

[BrewManNH]

Or you could have an input box pop up that accepts the user's username and their password and saves them to variables to be used in the RunAs statements. This way you don't have to put any credentials in the script itself, which is a huge security hole in most cases, but you're still able to use the script with the proper credentials.

[atzoref]

But the purpose of my script is to be Automatic without manual intervention...

[Juvigy]

You want to do a RunAs Admin with the current logged on user. So in short - RequireAdmin is what you want. If current user doesnt have admin rights - RunAs with fail

so will Requireadmin fail too. IF the script run as administrator - so will the call to CMD. Check Why the GUI doesnt show - Are you sure you are logged in as Admin ?

To test just create a smal script with

Requireadmin

Shellexecute(cmd)